Vaccine td preservative free >= 7 years im at Mercy General Hospital

4001 J St., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1487694857

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$85.24

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$391.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$24.18 with Health Net vs $140.06 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Net Commercial|EPPO $24.18 ↓ -72%
Hill Physicians Medicare|All Plans $25.37 ↓ -70%
Western Health Advantage Commercial|All Plans $27.13 ↓ -68%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|HMO $33.59 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|CalPers $33.59 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $33.59 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $33.59 ↓ -61%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio CalPers $33.59 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|All Plans $34.44 ↓ -60%
Hill Physicians Commercial|All Plans $36.00 ↓ -58%
Partnership Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $38.42 ↓ -55%
Hill Physicians Medicaid|All Plans $42.26 ↓ -50%
Health Net Commercial|FFS $45.01 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $45.71 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $55.24 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $55.24 ↓ -35%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Connection EPO $60.39 ↓ -29%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $60.48 ↓ -29%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $62.91 ↓ -26%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↓ -26%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $66.36 ↓ -22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $67.20 ↓ -21%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $67.20 ↓ -21%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $72.23 ↓ -15%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $75.49 ↓ -11%
California Health & Wellness Medicaid|All Plans $84.00 ↓ -1%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $84.00 ↓ -1%
Health Net Medicaid|All Plans $84.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna Commercial|LocalPlus $105.02 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $140.06 ↑ +64%

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Vaccine td preservative free >= 7 years im at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $40.32 not published
South Sacramento Medical Center SACRAMENTO $40.32 not published
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento $112.61 $25.37 – $105.02
Fresno Medical Center FRESNO $40.32 not published
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $56.94 $26.46 – $78.40
Antioch Medical Center ANTIOCH $40.32 not published
Redwood City Medical Center Redwood City $40.32 not published
Santa Clara Medical Center SANTA CLARA $40.32 not published

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